Jean-Luc Godard, a film master, offered on Wednesday the ongoing Cannes Film Festival his latest movie in Competition, with 3D technology this time.

"Adieu au Langage" (Goodbye to Language), the master's seventh feature film selected for the Festival, tells a story that a married woman and a single man meet and then fall in love.

Godard, who was born in 1930, is often identified with the 1960s French film movement La Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave". The French-Swiss director, screenwriter and critic is regarded as one of the leading filmmakers of all time.

Godard delivers an original screenplay and "confounds expectations" in this new movie, which was screened here on Wednesday in Competition.

With reservations on digital technology, the veteran film master's use of 3D technology in the 70-minute movie is "surprising to say the least," said the official daily.

According to the festival's official digest, Godard made his first appearance at Cannes in 1980 in Competition with Slow Motion, followed by "Passion" (1982), "Nouvelle Vague" (1990) and "In Praise of Love" (2001).

The filmmaker has been always "in search of new narrative forms, ever exploring new genres, from spy films to musical comedies," which may suggest that "Goodbye to Language will in turn herald a new exploration, a new cinematographic paradigm."

On Wednesday, French director Michel Hazanavicius returned in Competition this year with his new film "The Search", which is on the war between Chechen rebels and the Russian federal troops in 1999.

The movie tells the story of a little boy, whose parents were killed in the conflict, and he had to escape from his village and join the tide of refugees.

On the 2011 Festival de Cannes, Hazanavicius' movie "The Artist" is remembered for granting Jean Dujardin the award for Best Actor.

A total of 18 films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm), the top prize of the festival, with the jury headed by Jane Campion, New Zealand director, producer and scriptwriter.